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Sunday May 14, 1972
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Kansas City Royals 8, Detroit Tigers 4 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, May 14, 1972 (Day game) at Municipal Stadium

Tigers       0  0  4    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  9  0
Royals       0  2  0    0  3  0    0  3  x  -   8 11  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
I. Brown 2b           1   1   1   1     1   0   .333      Patek ss              4   2   2   2     1   0   .245
  McAuliffe 2b        3   0   1   0     0   1   .220      Otis cf               5   1   3   1     0   0   .244
Rodriguez 3b          4   1   0   0     1   0   .267      Scheinblum rf         3   1   1   3     2   1   .273
Kaline rf             3   0   0   1     0   0   .259      Piniella lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .326
Freehan c             3   0   1   2     1   0   .338      Rojas 2b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .261
Horton lf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .233      Kirkpatrick c         3   1   2   0     1   0   .324
Cash 1b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .343      Mayberry 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .205
Stanley cf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .387      Schaal 3b             3   1   1   2     1   0   .186
Brinkman ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .270      Splittorff p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .077
Seelbach p            1   1   0   0     1   0   .000        Dal Canton p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Perranoski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hovley ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .227
  G. Brown ph         0   0   0   0     0   0   .382        Nelson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jata ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Burgmeier p         2   1   1   0     0   0   .250
  Meeler p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Timmermann p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Strampe p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Northrup ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .164

Totals               33   4   9   4     4   2             Totals               33   8  11   8     6   1

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance: 10,326
Left on Base: Tigers 7, Royals 7
DP: Tigers 1, Royals 2
Doubles: Schaal (4), Patek (3)
Triples: Freehan (1)
Home Runs: Scheinblum (1)
Stolen Bases: Otis (3)
Caught Stealing: Rojas (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Kaline (2)
GIDP: Kaline (3), Stanley (2), Schaal (4)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seelbach L(0-1)         4.2   6   5   5   4   0   1  23   4.50
Perranoski              0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
Meeler                  1.1   2   0   0   1   0   0   7   3.00
Timmermann              0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.56
Scherman                0.2   2   3   3   1   0   0   5   2.77
Strampe                 0.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   2  54.00
Totals                  8    11   8   8   6   1   1  39

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff              2.2   3   4   4   3   0   0  13   2.79
Dal Canton W(2-2)       2.1   2   0   0   0   1   0   9   3.72
Nelson                  0.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.91
Burgmeier SV(1)         3.1   2   0   0   1   1   0  12   1.69
Totals                  9     9   4   4   4   2   0  38

Wild Pitches: Seelbach (1)

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Nestor Chylak


TIGERS 1ST: I. Brown walked; Rodriguez forced I. Brown (pitcher
to shortstop); Kaline grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Rodriguez out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (third to first); Otis grounded
out (shortstop to first); Scheinblum grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan grounded out (shortstop to first); Horton
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cash grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Rojas
walked; Kirkpatrick singled to shortstop [Rojas to second];
Seelbach threw a wild pitch [Rojas to third, Kirkpatrick to
second]; Mayberry lined to second; Schaal doubled to right
[Rojas scored, Kirkpatrick scored]; Splittorff popped to third
in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Stanley flied out to right; Brinkman singled to
left; Seelbach walked [Brinkman to second]; I. Brown singled to
right [Brinkman scored, Seelbach to second]; Rodriguez walked
[Seelbach to third, I. Brown to second]; Kaline hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Seelbach scored, I. Brown to third, Rodriguez to
second (on throw)]; Freehan tripled to right [I. Brown scored,
Rodriguez scored]; DAL CANTON REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING);
Horton flied out to center; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Royals 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek singled to left; Otis forced Patek (second to
shortstop); Scheinblum walked [Otis to second]; Piniella made an
out to second; Rojas flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 4, Royals 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Cash was called out on strikes; Stanley singled to
left; Brinkman flied out to left; Seelbach grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Royals 2.

ROYALS 4TH: MCAULIFFE REPLACED I. BROWN (PLAYING 2B);
Kirkpatrick walked; Mayberry flied out to center; Schaal
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Kirkpatrick out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Royals 2.

TIGERS 5TH: McAuliffe singled to right; Rodriguez popped to
first in foul territory; Kaline flied out to right; Freehan
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: HOVLEY BATTED FOR DAL CANTON; Hovley grounded out
(shortstop to first); Patek walked; Otis singled to right [Patek
to third]; Otis stole second; Scheinblum homered [Patek scored,
Otis scored]; Piniella lined to left; Rojas singled to center;
PERRANOSKI REPLACED SEELBACH (PITCHING); Rojas was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 4, Royals 5.

TIGERS 6TH: NELSON REPLACED HOVLEY (PITCHING); Horton singled to
right; Cash forced Horton (second to shortstop); Stanley singled
to left [Cash to second]; Brinkman popped to third in foul
territory; G. BROWN BATTED FOR PERRANOSKI; BURGMEIER REPLACED
NELSON (PITCHING); JATA BATTED FOR G. BROWN; Jata grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Royals 5.

ROYALS 6TH: MEELER REPLACED JATA (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick singled
to right; Mayberry forced Kirkpatrick (first to shortstop);
Schaal flied out to right; Burgmeier forced Mayberry (second
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Royals 5.

TIGERS 7TH: McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
lined to left; Kaline flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 4, Royals 5.

ROYALS 7TH: Patek flied out to center; Otis singled to right;
Scheinblum walked [Otis to second]; TIMMERMANN REPLACED MEELER
(PITCHING); Piniella flied out to right; Rojas forced Scheinblum
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Royals 5.

TIGERS 8TH: Freehan walked; Horton singled to right [Freehan to
third]; Cash made an out to shortstop; Stanley grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Horton out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Royals 5.

ROYALS 8TH: SCHERMAN REPLACED TIMMERMANN (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick
made an out to shortstop; Mayberry grounded out (second to
first); Schaal walked; Burgmeier singled to left [Schaal to
second]; Patek doubled to left [Schaal scored, Burgmeier
scored]; STRAMPE REPLACED SCHERMAN (PITCHING); Otis singled to
center [Patek scored]; Scheinblum struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 4, Royals 8.

TIGERS 9TH: Brinkman grounded out (pitcher to first); NORTHRUP
BATTED FOR STRAMPE; Northrup singled to right; McAuliffe struck
out; Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 4, Royals 8.



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